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Belford Poor Law Union


Belford Poor Law Union was formed in 1836. The Union Workhouse was located on West Street in Belford, which opened in 1839.

THE BELFORD POOR LAW UNION comprehends thirty-six parishes and townships, embracing an area of 41,753 statute acres, and a population in 1851, of 6,871 souls. The parishes and townships are Adderstone, Bambrough, Bambrough Castle, Beadnell, Belford, Bradford, Budle, Burton, Chathill, Detchant, Easington, Easington Grange, Elford, Ellingham, Elwick, Farn Islands, Fleetham, Glororum, Hoppen, Lucker, Middleton, Monk's House, Mousen, Newham, Newstead, Outchester, Preston, Ratchwood, Ross, Shorstone, Spindlestone, Sunderland (North), Swinhoe, Tuggall, Warrenford, and Warrenton.

THE UNION WORKHOUSE, situated in West-street, is a small building. The number of inmates at present (1854) is 17.

Extract from: History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland...Whellan, William, & Co, 1855.
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